#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. Oh, I love books that talk about or heavily involve music! I think it goes back to my teenage years when I was very muchContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Music”
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Book Review: The Harrowing of Doom by David Annandale
Format: ebook Release Date: December 1st, 2020Age: AdultGenre: Sci-FiGoodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars Thank you to Aconyte for providing me with The Harrowing of Doom via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Views remain my own. I’ve read a small number of Marvel novels now, and find them a little hit or miss for me.ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Harrowing of Doom by David Annandale”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Holding Onto Books
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originally created and hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books starting in August 2019, and was then cohosted with Dani @ Literary Lion from May 2020 to March 2022. Book Nook Bits has hosted since April 2022. Hmmm…I think this topic is going to mean me telling on myself a little…though I’m prettyContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Holding Onto Books”
Book Review: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Format: PaperbackRelease Date: September 5th, 2017Age: Young AdultGenre: Sci-Fi – ContemporaryGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars So my rating for this is 4, but it’s probably more around the 3.5 mark – it’s a good book, just one I didn’t like as much as I thought I would, but I’m totally fine with that because of myContinueContinue reading “Book Review: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books With One-Word Titles
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Click on the book titles to read my reviews ofContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books With One-Word Titles”
#5OnMyTBR: Contemporary
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. The one is pretty straightforward, and I know there are a lot of contemporary books on my TBR – the hardest part for this isContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Contemporary”
Book Review: Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman, Jonathan Plackett
Format: HardbackRelease Date: October 19th, 2021Age: Children’sGenre: FantasyGoodreads Rating: 1/5 Stars I was left feeling fairly unimpressed with this book. It felt low-effort, and I’m not totally sure what they were trying to say about gender in the way they’ve constructed this. The fairy tales are the Andrew Lang texts, put through an algorithm, withContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman, Jonathan Plackett”
Book Blogger Hop: July 14th – 20th
Book Blogger Hop What are your thoughts on “happily ever after” endings? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer) Well, I read a lot of romance, so of course I do like a HEA. It’s a guarantee in Romance (or a HFN, at least) and I love seeing the ways different writers tackle this, giving us enoughContinueContinue reading “Book Blogger Hop: July 14th – 20th”
Let’s Talk Bookish: Mid-Year Reading Check In
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originally created and hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books starting in August 2019, and was then cohosted with Dani @ Literary Lion from May 2020 to March 2022. Book Nook Bits has hosted since April 2022. I can barely believe we’re midway through 2023! It feels like it’s gone relatively fast, butContinueContinue reading “Let’s Talk Bookish: Mid-Year Reading Check In”
Book Review: #Sweets for Love by Elodie Nowodazkij
Format: ebook Release Date: October 6th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars This is the second book in the Love in Swans Cove series, and after I read and loved #The Leftover Bride, I was really excited to dig into this, featuring Leftover Bride Sorcha’s sister, Aisling. Running a struggling bakery and trying toContinueContinue reading “Book Review: #Sweets for Love by Elodie Nowodazkij”
Unwrapping Words 